When a community of people becomes involved in business that effects their daily life it gives them more control in the process of acquiring an end product and the outcome of this participation is typically beneficial. Such benefits are apparent in Community Supported Agriculture (CSA). At its core this idea stems from a unique model of agriculture formed thirty years ago in Japan called "teikei" which translates to "putting the farmers face on food". Relationships are formed between farmers and people in a community. Members of community supported agriculture invest in the farm and in return they receive fresh produce each week. The degree of involvement depends on which organizational structure is followed. Farms are generally either Farmer managed programs or subscriber/shareholder programs. In the Farmer managed programs the farmers are solely responsible for growing along with other managerial task such as marketing and budgeting of finances. On the other hand, the subscriber/shareholder program is more demanding on the consumer to the extent that they must initiate the CSA and carry out the managerial tasks. Depending on the organization, different crops will be grown to best suit each community.

Quite often farmers are faced with a large market of people and they become overburdened by trying to please everyone. By shrinking the market to a specific group with selected crops it creates more time to care for such things as the quality of soil, crops and animals. Perhaps one of the greatest benefits of CSA is the very high quality of fruits and vegetables. This quality is due to community members' financial investment in the farm which takes the pressure off the farmer to use pesticides or genetically modified crops. Instead farmers are able to give each crop a good amount of care resulting in healthy organic foods. Though organic foods usually cost much more in supermarkets today those purchased within a CSA are typically priced closer to regular produce due to the shared financial investment in the crop. Though the food is organic, farmers may choose not to pay for USDA certification for which fees start at two thousand dollars. Organic certification is often seen as an unnecessary cost since the community is involved in ensuring high quality food from the beginning.